ABQ doctors earn an average of $176K annually

Doctors in Albuquerque earn an average annual salary of $176,430, putting the metro area 132nd in the nation for physician salaries, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

The BLS recently calculated the average salary for family and general practitioners in 256 metropolitan areas. The data is arranged using a searchable database, found below, which listed 570 practitioners in Albuquerque in 2011.

Farmington, which has 100 family and general practitioners, ranked 30th in average physician salary. Doctors there earn an average of $208,920 annually.

In Las Cruces, which ranks 115th, doctors earn an average annual salary of $181,780. The database lists 240 practicing family and general doctors in Las Cruces.

Santa Fe’s average annual salary for the 190 doctors in the area was $191,000, according to the database. The City Different ranked 86th for physician pay.

In all but a couple of the nation’s metropolitan areas, the average salary for physicians is above $100,000, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

The area with the highest annual wage for doctors was Waterloo, Iowa, with an annual average salary of $249,950. The place with the lowest pay was Columbia, Mo., which had an annual salary of $73,150.

According to the On Numbers report by G. Scott Thomas, the national average salary for the medical job classification is $177,330 or $85.26 per hour.